UDI Symbol Codes
The COSMO Unique Device Identification app enables the printing of UDI labels including the administration of necessary medical symbols. The most important symbols are predefined and only need to be supplemented with a symbol picture.
Existing symbol codes cannot be renamed, only deleted and recreated. Any number of your own symbol codes of all categories can be added.
The UDI Symbol Codes page is accessed using Tell Me. Choose the 
icon, enter UDI Symbols, and then choose the related link.
Tip
Switch to the Tall Tiles or Tiles layout option on the page to see all imported symbol code pictures.
Insert Default Codes
Choose the Insert Default Codes action to insert symbol codes of different categories predefined by the app. Then complete them with a symbol picture to print on labels.
If there is already a code with identical name, it will not be updated. That means, accidentally deleted default codes can be restored at any time by means of this function.
Note
Default symbol codes can also be created by choosing Actions > Insert Default Codes on the UDI Setup page. However, this function also adds UDI Sterilization Methods, UDI Size Types and UDI Measure Units.
Fields
| Field | Description | Required Categories |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Specifies the unique Symbol Code. | |
| Description | Specifies a description of the symbol. | |
| Category | Specifies the Symbol Category, see Categories. | |
| Min. Value Usage | Specifies whether the user can or must enter a Min. Value for UDI-DI storage and handling conditions using the symbol, e.g., for temperatures. | Storage Handling |
| Max. Value Usage | Specifies whether the user can or must enter a Max. Value for UDI-DI storage and handling conditions using the symbol, e.g., for temperatures. | Storage Handling |
| Special Condition Text Usage | Specifies whether the user can or must enter a Special Condition Text for UDI-DI storage and handling conditions using the symbol, e.g., for an instruction. | Storage Handling |
| No. of Source Fields | Specifies how many fields have been assigned to determine on label print whether the symbol is required or not. Use the drill-down to open the Symbol Source Fields page. | Source Field |
| EU S&H Condition Type | Specifies the EU storage and handling condition type to be copied into the UDI-DI storage and handling conditions using the symbol. | Storage Handling |
| EU Critical Warning Code | Specifies the EU critical warning code to be copied into the UDI-DI storage and handling conditions using the symbol. | Handling Source Field Electrical Additional |
| Symbol Code Picture (FactBox) | Shows the imported picture for the symbol code. The picture can be imported, exported or deleted. |
Categories
Symbol categories are used for overview and regulate which symbols are available on which pages and when symbols should be printed. Depending on the category, further details are required. It is not possible to create additional categories.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| <Blank> | No category selected. Symbols of this category are not considered by the application. |
| On All Labels | The symbol is automatically assigned to each label. |
| Source Field | The symbol is assigned to a label if a field stored under Source fields action is filled, see Symbol Source Fields. |
| Storage | Symbols of this category can be selected on the UDI Storage & Handling Types page, see Storage and Handling. |
| Handling | Symbols of this category can be selected on the UDI Storage & Handling Types page, see Storage and Handling. |
| Sterilization Methods | Symbols of this category can be selected on the UDI Sterilization Methods page. |
| Electrical | This category summarizes symbols of the electrical and electronics area. The symbols must be assigned to the UDI-DIs individually. |
| Additional | Symbols of this category must be assigned to UDI-DIs individually. |
Tip
Use the predefined views to filter the page to a single category. Fields that are not relevant for the current category are automatically hidden.
Symbol Source Fields
The Symbol Source Fields page uses table field references to control under which conditions a symbol is assigned to a label, and whether a value (e.g., a formatted date or temperature limit) should be printed next to the symbol.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Table No. | Specifies the number of the source table. Only certain tables are supported. These are displayed when using the Field Lookup. |
| Table Caption | Specifies the source table caption. |
| Field No. | Specifies the source table field. With the lookup, all fields of the table are available. |
| Field Caption | Specifies the source field caption. |
| Is Setting | Specifies whether the field determines to print the symbol or not. The evaluation is carried out taking into account the field type, e.g., the Yes value must be present for Boolean fields, or the text field must be filled so that the symbol is assigned to the label. |
| Is Value | Specifies whether the field value will be printed next to the symbol. Field values are always formatted as text. The formatting can be controlled with the Value Format field. |
| Value Format | Specifies a format number (e.g., 2) or an individual format string (e.g., "<Year4>-<Month,2>-<Day,2>") for a non-textual field value to be printed. If no value is specified, the standard local formatting will be applied. |
Several table fields may be defined as Is Setting. This corresponds to an OR operation, which means that the symbol is assigned to the label as soon as at least one of these fields is filled.
Is Setting and Is Value may be set at the same time. This is usually only useful for text fields.
Important
The same table can be used only once per symbol code.
At least one table field must be marked as Is Setting.
A maximum of one table can be used as Is Value. If, nevertheless, several tables are defined, only the last one found will be taken into account.
To add a symbol to a label item tracking entry, an item tracking specific table must be used for both Is Setting and Is Value settings. The current list of item tracking specific tables includes: 32 Item Ledger Entry, 337 Reservation Entry, 6504 Serial No. Information, 6505 Lot No. Information.
Tip
Call the lookup of the value format field to test the format expression based on some sample values matching the data type of the field. The page must be open in Edit mode.
Tip
For clarification, consider the source fields of the DATE standard code:
If the Date Symbol toggle is turned on when printing an EU UDI-DI or an FDA UDI-DI, then the DATE symbol will be assigned to the label, and the Created date from the UDI label entries will be printed next to the symbol.
Storage and Handling
The Min. Value Usage, Max. Value Usage and Special Condition Text Usage fields define whether the Min. Value, Max. Value and Special Condition Text fields must or may be filled when maintaining UDI-DI Storage & Handling Conditions. Permitted values are:
- None
- Permitted
- Required
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